Delegates to the Modern Language Association’s annual convention upheld a resolution accusing Israel of keeping Palestinian academics from entering the West Bank, but rejected another expressing solidarity with academics that boycott Israel. More ▸

The Modern Language Association will not consider a resolution boycotting Israeli universities at its conference this week. But both supporters and opponents of BDS say the fact that it’s being discussed at all is significant enough. More ▸

Two more American institutions of higher learning officially withdrew their memberships from the American Studies Association after its membership voted in favor of an academic boycott of Israel. More ▸